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Public Area => Taxi Talk => Topic started by: watty on November 14, 2021, 05:34:00 pm
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Another thread asks if taxi driving is high risk - it sure can be :o :o :o
Counter-terrorism police in England probe fatal blast at hospital (https://www.breakingnews.ie/world/counter-terrorism-police-probe-fatal-blast-at-hospital-1213324.html)
Counter-terrorism police in England are investigating an explosion at a hospital which killed one person and injured another. Merseyside Police were called to reports of a blast involving a vehicle – believed to be a taxi – at Liverpool Women’s Hospital at 10.59am on Sunday. Officers along with crews from Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service and the North West Regional Ambulance Service attended the city centre site. One person died while a male casualty was taken to hospital to be treated for injuries that are not life-threatening.
A spokesman for Merseyside Police said: “So far we understand that the car involved was a taxi which pulled up at the hospital shortly before the explosion occurred. “Work is still going on to establish what has happened and could take some time before we are in a position to confirm anything. “We are keeping an open mind as to what caused the explosion, but given how it has happened – out of caution – counter-terrorism police are leading the investigation supported by Merseyside Police. “Our response is ongoing at the hospital and will be for some time. Cordons are in place, and there are some road closures.”
Police said a major incident had been declared. Images of a vehicle on fire, and later burnt out, at the scene earlier were shared online. Footage of a number of explosions and billowing smoke outside the hospital were also shared as a bomb disposal unit attended.
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Another thread asks if taxi driving is high risk - it sure can be :o :o :o
Counter-terrorism police in England probe fatal blast at hospital (https://www.breakingnews.ie/world/counter-terrorism-police-probe-fatal-blast-at-hospital-1213324.html)
Counter-terrorism police in England are investigating an explosion at a hospital which killed one person and injured another. Merseyside Police were called to reports of a blast involving a vehicle – believed to be a taxi – at Liverpool Women’s Hospital at 10.59am on Sunday. Officers along with crews from Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service and the North West Regional Ambulance Service attended the city centre site. One person died while a male casualty was taken to hospital to be treated for injuries that are not life-threatening.
A spokesman for Merseyside Police said: “So far we understand that the car involved was a taxi which pulled up at the hospital shortly before the explosion occurred. “Work is still going on to establish what has happened and could take some time before we are in a position to confirm anything. “We are keeping an open mind as to what caused the explosion, but given how it has happened – out of caution – counter-terrorism police are leading the investigation supported by Merseyside Police. “Our response is ongoing at the hospital and will be for some time. Cordons are in place, and there are some road closures.”
Police said a major incident had been declared. Images of a vehicle on fire, and later burnt out, at the scene earlier were shared online. Footage of a number of explosions and billowing smoke outside the hospital were also shared as a bomb disposal unit attended.
Headline in the Sun:
Cab-boom! 8)
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electric car apparently.
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electric car apparently.
I wonde rwill the driver be charged?
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tim vine over here... ;D
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tim vine over here... ;D
(https://i.postimg.cc/gwYrqJvm/FEKQkhk-XIAAWI4-G.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/gwYrqJvm)
Any idea what kind of minicab this is?
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BBC update: Three arrested under Terrorism Act after car blast at Liverpool Women's Hospital (https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-59285235)
Three men have been arrested under the Terrorism Act after a man was killed in a car explosion outside Liverpool Women's Hospital. Count-terrorism police said the men - aged 29, 26 and 21 - had been held in connection with the incident which happened just before 11:00 GMT.
The passenger of the car - said to be a taxi - was declared dead at the scene and is yet to be formally identified. The male driver was injured and is in hospital in a stable condition.
Detectives from Counter Terrorism Police North West said the men were detained in the Kensington area of the city. They added they were continuing to "keep an open mind about the cause of the explosion" and were working with Merseyside Police as the investigation continued "at pace".
Looks like the taxi driver was innocent (or changed his mind at the last minute :P ). A suggestion over on boards.ie that the passenger was a man dressed up as a pregnant woman. The hospital is a maternity hospital, I believe, & the blast would have coincided with the UK Day of Remembrance ceremony!
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Brit Police have arrested 3 people .They must of had somebody under surveillance .Boatloads of unknowns flooding in from France !.
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BBC update: Three arrested under Terrorism Act after car blast at Liverpool Women's Hospital (https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-59285235)
Three men have been arrested under the Terrorism Act after a man was killed in a car explosion outside Liverpool Women's Hospital. Count-terrorism police said the men - aged 29, 26 and 21 - had been held in connection with the incident which happened just before 11:00 GMT.
The passenger of the car - said to be a taxi - was declared dead at the scene and is yet to be formally identified. The male driver was injured and is in hospital in a stable condition.
Detectives from Counter Terrorism Police North West said the men were detained in the Kensington area of the city. They added they were continuing to "keep an open mind about the cause of the explosion" and were working with Merseyside Police as the investigation continued "at pace".
Looks like the taxi driver was innocent (or changed his mind at the last minute :P ). A suggestion over on boards.ie that the passenger was a man dressed up as a pregnant woman. The hospital is a maternity hospital, I believe, & the blast would have coincided with the UK Day of Remembrance ceremony!
Innocent driver suicide bomber ??????? bomb went off early maybe.
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tim vine over here... ;D
(https://i.postimg.cc/gwYrqJvm/FEKQkhk-XIAAWI4-G.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/gwYrqJvm)
Any idea what kind of minicab this is?
Panel should be along shortly.
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tim vine over here... ;D
(https://i.postimg.cc/gwYrqJvm/FEKQkhk-XIAAWI4-G.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/gwYrqJvm)
Any idea what kind of minicab this is?
I'm not sure, but it costs a bomb.
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Brits playing it down a bit .Big story is dont burn coal and the queens bad back then a bomb in Liverpool .Wont be long now before me prediction of (British Soldiers on the streets of Britain shooting British citizens )comes true .Hundreds of unknowns crossing the channel every day from countries where British Troops use to shoot their Brothers and Fathers .Trouble just waiting to happen .
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tim vine over here... ;D
(https://i.postimg.cc/gwYrqJvm/FEKQkhk-XIAAWI4-G.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/gwYrqJvm)
Any idea what kind of minicab this is?
A burned out one!!
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Brit Police have arrested 3 people .They must of had somebody under surveillance .Boatloads of unknowns flooding in from France !.
*have.
Sheesh!
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Is this the first time a taxi driver is the 'runner'? Turns out he might be a hero for locking the bad guy in the back and doing a legger!
Video of the explosion --> https://youtu.be/f7fLvGwupAU
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Is this the first time a taxi driver is the 'runner'? Turns out he might be a hero for locking the bad guy in the back and doing a legger!
Video of the explosion --> https://youtu.be/f7fLvGwupAU
The runner didn't appear to exit the driver's door.
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Immigrants?
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All bar the driver are snackbars.